Breast Cancer News

>Subject: Latest Breast Cancer Treatment Data - Independent Conference
>Coverage
>Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 18:15:55 -0400 (EDT)
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> Clinical Care Options for Oncology and Hematology
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>Clinical Oncology
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>CCO Independent Conference Coverage of the 2005 American Society of
>Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting*
>May 13-17, 2005 - Orlando, Florida
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>Capsule Summaries
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> * Dietary Fat Reduction Improves Relapse-Free Survival in Postmenopausal
>Women Previously Treated For Early Stage Breast Cancer
> http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/conf/o...o2005/cs/10.asp
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> * Long-Term Statin Therapy Reduces Incidence of Breast Cancer
> http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/conf/o...2005/cs/514.asp
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> * Circulating Cell Changes Predict Response in Advanced Breast Cancer
>Patients Receiving Bevacizumab and Erlotinib
> http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/conf/o...2005/cs/525.asp
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> * Trastuzumab Toxicity Acceptable When Added to Adjuvant Pacitaxel and
>Doxorubicin/Cyclophosphamide for Early Breast Cancer
> http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/conf/o...2005/cs/556.asp
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> * Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor SU11248 Safe and Active in Heavily
>Pretreated Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer
> http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/conf/o...2005/cs/563.asp
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> * New Taxane Derivative Shows Activity in Metastatic Breast Cancer
>Patients Previously Treated With Taxanes
> http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/conf/o...2005/cs/565.asp
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> * Autologous Transplant With High-Dose Chemotherapy Not Warranted for
>Patients With Primary Breast Cancer and ¡Ý 4 Positive Nodes
> http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/conf/o...2005/cs/572.asp
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> * Gemcitabine and Capecitabine Combinations Have Similar Efficacy But
>Different Safety Profiles in Metastatic Breast Cancer
> http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/conf/o...2005/cs/581.asp
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> * Addition of Prophylactic Growth Factors to Docetaxel-based Chemotherapy
>Improves Toxicity and Quality of Life in Patients With Node-Negative Breast
>Cancer
> http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/conf/o...2005/cs/604.asp
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> * HER-2 Overexpression, PR Negativity, and High Ki-67 Expression Predict
>Poor Response in Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients
> http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/conf/o...2005/cs/605.asp
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> * Dose-Dense Chemotherapy Feasible in Early Breast Cancer
> http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/conf/o...2005/cs/616.asp
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> * Bevacizumab Added to Paclitaxel Significantly Prolongs Progression-free
>Survival and Improves Response Rate in Patients With Locally Recurrent or
>Metastatic Breast Cancer
> http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/conf/o...005/cs/9002.asp
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>Headlines
> * Raloxifene may decrease risk of endometrial cancer
> http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/news/n...do2005_5001.asp
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> * New Drug Active in Imatinib-Resistant Leukemias
> http://clinicalcareoptions.com/onco/news/n...do2005_3015.asp
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>These Capsule Summaries and Headlines are located online at:
>http://clinicaloptions.com/onco/conf/orlando2005/
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